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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree on putting her name on the house.  [b]It's a premarital asset as OP says[/b].

But both OP and his wife's paycheck is joint property and wife should be sharing.

I'm a DW of 21 years, and inherited my dad's house and it's separate property and my DH is fine with that.  It actually works out better because his parents are needy (due to financial carelessness, not health reasons) and it keeps my separate property out of the mix.  I want to make sure our DC's get that house![/quote]

OP needs to check state law on the bolded.  My DH owned a house before we got engaged.  We lived in it together for the first two years or so we were married, but never got around to putting my name on the title.  We found out later that under state law (not in the DMV), that didn't matter.  Because the house was our marital residence, it was considered marital property even though DH had owned it prior to the marriage, and he couldn't refinance the mortgage or sell the house without my signature.  We don't have a prenup...I'm not sure whether or not that would have made a difference but for his own protection that's something OP should look into.

I know nothing about Chinese culture or what OPs wife is thinking, but she's lived here long enough to know about American customs and to realize that if she wanted a more traditional Chinese marriage, she should have dated/married a man also interested in that.[/quote]

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